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Dragon Age Expansion Confirmed, DLC Delayed

It is a bittersweet day for Dragon Age: Origins fans as EA has announced/confirmed The Awakening expansion, while also postponing the release of the game's first chunk of DLC, the Return to Ostagar (via 1UP). The Awakening will ship as a physical boxed product found in stores, but will still require a copy of Dragon Age: Origins. The expansion will add new enemies and locations, give you the opportunity to respec your current character, and introduce new abilities and a raised level cap. The Awakening will release on March 16th for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and cost $40.

As for the Return to Ostagar DLC, BioWare's Chris Priestly broke the news that it's being delayed on all platforms on the game's official forums. BioWare didn't elaborate on the move at the time of this post, but we'll keep you updated as the DLC's release date is finalized.

Tyler says: Can an old-school expansion work in today's market? I guess we're about to see. I'm just so used to downloading my extra content now that buying a boxed copy of an add-on seems superfluous (the Fallout 3 expansions were pretty hefty, and those were all downloadable). But this still sounds exciting, so I'll wait and see how it turns out.

As far as the DLC goes, I'm wondering if BioWare's trying to figure a way to include the Return to Ostagar in The Awakening without making any early adopters feel ripped-off. Anyone care to share their disappointment at today's delay?